West Ham boss Slaven Bilic was delighted with his "fantastic" players after their 3-1 win at Southampton.

Bilic may have feared the worst when new signing Manolo Gabbiadini fired Saints ahead after just 12 minutes.

But Andy Carroll equalised within two minutes, Pedro Obiang added the second before half-time and a Mark Noble free-kick, deflected in by Steven Davis, lifted West Ham back into the top half.

"After the City game I said that no matter how much that hurt us it should not affect our confidence," said Hammers boss Bilic.

"That's what happened here. Today we were fantastic. When we had the ball we were everything you can ask as a manager.

"We had a game plan, the boys carried it out and played brilliantly in every aspect, and we deserved that big time."